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Rev Martin Leonard Winterton

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Rev Martin Leonard Winterton Veteran

Birth
Bulkington, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough, Warwickshire, England
Death
11 Mar 1958 (aged 90)
Budleigh Salterton, East Devon District, Devon, England
Burial
Trull, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England Add to Map
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Parents Thomas & Esther [Martin].

Baptised at Bulkington, Warwickshire on 13th October 1867 - parents Thomas & Esther. [source : Bulkington Baptism Register].

Married Sheila Louise Hill at Evercreech, Somerset on 30th December 1896.

The death has occurred of the Rev. Martin Leonard Winterton, who was Vicar of Trull, near taunton, for 27 years, until September, 1946, when he retired. He was 90 and had been living with jis daughter, Mrs M. Bassett, at Budleigh Salterton. Ordained deacon at Wells Cathedral in 1910, his first curacy was at Milborne Port, after which he became curate in charge of St. Thomas', Wells. He left the city to become Rector of Thurloxton. Mr. Winterton was assistant Diocesan Inspector of Schools for 13 years and Diocesan Organising Secretary of the S.P.C.K. for nearly 20 years. [Published in the Shepton Mallet Journal on 21st March 1958].
Parents Thomas & Esther [Martin].

Baptised at Bulkington, Warwickshire on 13th October 1867 - parents Thomas & Esther. [source : Bulkington Baptism Register].

Married Sheila Louise Hill at Evercreech, Somerset on 30th December 1896.

The death has occurred of the Rev. Martin Leonard Winterton, who was Vicar of Trull, near taunton, for 27 years, until September, 1946, when he retired. He was 90 and had been living with jis daughter, Mrs M. Bassett, at Budleigh Salterton. Ordained deacon at Wells Cathedral in 1910, his first curacy was at Milborne Port, after which he became curate in charge of St. Thomas', Wells. He left the city to become Rector of Thurloxton. Mr. Winterton was assistant Diocesan Inspector of Schools for 13 years and Diocesan Organising Secretary of the S.P.C.K. for nearly 20 years. [Published in the Shepton Mallet Journal on 21st March 1958].

Inscription

Gravestone :

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARTIN LEONARD WINTERTON
PRIEST
1867 - 1958

VICAR OF THIS PARISH FOR 27 YEARS

Plaque inside church :

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARTIN LEONARD WINTERTON
BORN 1ST SEPT. 1867
DIED 11TH MAR. 1958

HON. CHAPLIN H.M. FORCES
VICAR OF THIS PARISH 1919 - 1946


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